A man questioned over the murder of a nurse has been released on police bail.

Sandra McKean, a divorcee and mother of two, was found stabbed to death in her home in Camberley Road, Howdon, North Tyneside, on Tuesday.

Police found her body after a resident reported her green Vauxhall Corsa abandoned in Lisle Grove, Howdon.

Officers are hoping to trace anyone who may have seen her car being driven from her home or being abandoned between midnight on Sunday and 6am on Tuesday.